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Tasty March 23rd, 2022

Our Stacks Explained

Wes Boss and Scott Tolinski explain and compare the tech stacks they use for their online course platforms, which have changed over the years but accomplish similar goals in different ways.

#JavaScript#Online Courses

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Hasty March 21st, 2022

SSL Certs, Approvals and Cloudflare

Discussion on moving hosting to Render and using Cloudflare's proxy service with auto-generated SSL certificates.

#render#cloudflare#ssl

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Tasty March 16th, 2022

Potluck - Handling Auth × Are Web Dev Real Developers? × Handling Git Conflicts × Converting PNG to Box-Shadow × Bad Docs vs No Docs × Making Shopify Headless

Scott and Wes answer listener questions submitted on a variety of web development topics including authentication, motivation, tools, and favorite products.

#auth#api#tooling#tips

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Hasty March 14th, 2022

Hasty Treat WTF × SSR vs JamStack vs Serverless?

Explains the differences between server side rendering, Jamstack, and serverless web development approaches.

#ssr#jamstack#serverless

438

Tasty March 9th, 2022

Part 2 of Wes and Scott React to the State of JS

Wes and Scott discuss the results of the 2021 State of JS survey covering topics like languages, testing, pain points and more.

#JavaScript#Programming

437

Hasty March 7th, 2022

Sticker Mogul 2022

Wes talks about the logistics of his recent giant sticker drop, including printing, packing, selling, shipping, costs and more.

#stickers#production

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Tasty March 2nd, 2022

Wes and Scott React to the State of JS

Scott and Wes review highlights from the latest State of JS survey results, covering developer demographics, language features, frameworks, build tools and more.

#JavaScript#State of JS

435

Hasty February 28th, 2022

This vs That × map vs reduce, forEach vs for in, and more!

Wes and Scott discuss and compare JavaScript and CSS features like array methods, looping, object properties, positioning, and more.

#javascript#css#webdev

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Tasty February 23rd, 2022

Ben Vinegar × Distributed Tracing and TypeScript Migrations

Ben Vinegar joins to discuss his work in web development and open source, distributed tracing, Sentry's evolution, remote work impacts and more.

#Debugging#Tracing

433

Hasty February 21st, 2022

JavaScript in 2022 - New, Coming and Proposed Features

Discussion of new and proposed JavaScript features in 2022 including the Fetch API in Node.js, pipeline operator, JSON modules, BigInt math methods and more.

#javascript#nodejs#webdev

432

Tasty February 16th, 2022

Potluck - Selling Themes × Which Browser Should Devs Use? × Where Do You Keep 2FA Codes? × Remix vs Svelte Kit × Getting Unstuck from Tutorial Hell

In this potluck episode, Scott and Wes answer questions on Webpack, HTML tags, TypeScript, 2FA recovery codes, JavaScript alternatives, React frameworks like Remix and SvelteKit, getting unstuck from tutorial purgatory, whether frameworks abstract away too much complexity, and strategies for keeping up with new web technologies.

#webpack#html#typescript#2fa

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Hasty February 14th, 2022

Code Explorers

Scott and Wes discuss how to stay up-to-date on changes and new features in open source projects you use by looking at RFCs, issues, pull requests, and following project contributors on Twitter.

#Open Source#JavaScript

430

Tasty February 9th, 2022

Creator of Wordle - Josh Wardle

Josh Wardle, creator of Wordle, joins to discuss building the insanely viral web game using vanilla JavaScript and web components. He shares the origins, growth timeline, technology decisions, and sale to The New York Times.

#technology#webdev#JavaScript

429

Hasty February 7th, 2022

Pros + Cons of JavaScript Servers, Serverless, and Cloudflare Workers

Discussion of pros and cons of different JavaScript server options like traditional hosting, serverless functions and Cloudflare Workers.

#javascript#servers#serverless

428

Tasty February 2nd, 2022

Syntax Highlight

Scott and Wes review listener submitted portfolio sites, talking through design, code quality, accessibility, and more. They also discuss trying too hard to use the latest tech trends.

#Design#Development#Portfolio

427

Hasty January 31st, 2022

Teamwork Makes The Dream Work

Tips for working effectively in teams, handling conflict, listening, and celebrating wins together.

#Teamwork#Communication

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Tasty January 26th, 2022

Monorepos! Workspaces, pnpm, turborepo + more!

Wes and Scott discuss monorepos - managing multiple packages and projects within a single Git repository. They cover benefits like sharing code, tools like Turborepo, NX, Lerna and more.

#monorepo#javascript#webdev